Uss georgia bb. Testing out the georgia a tier 9 american battleship with 6 guns at 457mm. The keel for uss georgia ssgn 729 was laid on 7 april 1979 and was presided over by first lady rosalynn carter wife of president jimmy. A low number of hard hitting guns superior secondaries and a special set of consumables make this paper ship perform very differently from her us counterparts like iowa or missouri.
She soon became a unit of the atlantic fleet participating in routine operations and in june 1907 in the jamestown expositions naval review. Hope you enjoy the first look and have a wonderful day. Still im a little confused why world of warships went with a paper ship for their second.
Uss georgia was the third ship of the colorado class. The ship was armed with an offensive battery of four 12 inch 305 mm guns and eight 8 inch. In late 1942 she would redeploy to the mediterranean fleet while the uss wyoming and uss california.
Uss georgia battleship 15 later bb 15 1906 1923 uss georgia a 14948 ton virginia class battleship built at bath maine was commissioned in september 1906. Uss georgia bb 15 was a united states navy virginia class battleship the third of five ships of the classshe was built by the bath iron works in maine with her keel laid in august 1901 and her launching in october 1904. Georgia comes packed with six 18 inch guns in three twin turrets an arrangement.
Uss georgia ssgn 729 is the fourth trident class nuclear powered fleet ballistic missile submarine and the third ship to bear the name of this grand state one of the thirteen original states of the union. Georgia on my mind. Contentsshow pre world war i after georgia was fitted out and.
Uss georgia bb 15 was a united states navy virginia class battleship. Its basically an iowa hull with 18 inch guns. Uss washington bb 47 a colorado class battleship was the second ship of the united states navy named in honor of the 42nd stateher keel was laid down on 30 june 1919 at camden new jersey by the new york shipbuilding corporationshe was launched on 1 september 1921 sponsored by miss jean summers the daughter of congressman john w.
Georgia is loaded with so many gimmicks that any high tier soviet french or royal navy battleship would be envious of her. The completed battleship was commissioned into the fleet in september 1906.